The U.S. Supreme Court and American Constitutional Law

Resource 5 . 4 . 3

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United States v. Morrison, 529 U.S. 598 (2000), Part II (Section 5)

Alan K. Chen

Earlier, we read the portion of this opinion addressing whether Congress had the power to enact the Violence Against Women Act under the Commerce Clause. In this part, the Court examines Congress's alternate argument, which was that Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment empowered it to enact the law.

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